Improvement in presses



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UNITED STATES PATENT OEFrcE.

JOHN GRAMELSPAOHER, OF JASPER, INDIANA.l

IMPROVEMENT IN PRESSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 149,926, dated April21, 1874 5` application led February 21, 1874.

To all 'whom t may concern: K Be it known that I, JOHN GRAMELSPAGHER, ofJasper, in the county of Dubois and State of Indiana, have invented anew and Improved Press, of which the following is a specification:

The invention consists of a brake-lever pivoted` at the middle in thetop of the followerstem, and having a fulcrum on each side of it on arod working up and down through a guiding and supporting beam, alsothrough a griping-pawl, which allows it to descend freely but gripes andholds it against rising, so that the fulcrum of one side descends whilethe other is holding the lever for pressing the follower down,thuscausing the follower to be forced down quickly by the vibrations ofthe levers.

Figure l is an elevation of my improved press with a part sectioned; andFig. 2 is a transverse sectional elevation taken on the line m x,Fig. 1. a

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Ais the follower; B, the rod Aor stem; C, the brakelever, D, thefulcrum; E, the guiding and supporting beam for the rods, F, thegriping-pawl; G, the springs for tilting the pawls to cause them to bitethe rods, and H buttons for preventing the pawls from biting when thefollower is to be raised. The beam extends at I beyond the press-frame,for the operators to stand on to workthe press. J

represents guides, in which the pivot-bolt K, which connects the brake-lever to the head of the follower-stem, works, for acting inconjunction with the beam -E to guide the follower.4

L represents hooks at the top of the press for holding the follower upby the lever whileV filling the vcask or other case in which the mattersare to be pressed.

The press is designed for pressing leaf -tobaeco into casks or hogsheadsand the like,

but it may be used for pressing hay or cotton or other substances.

The springs swing or lift the pawls upward, so that they press on therods with sufficient friction to gripe and hold them against rising whenthe buttons are not turned over them,

but when the buttons are turned over them they are prevented fromgriping and allow the rods to rise freely.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

The combination of the brake-lever rods l), pivoted spring-pawls F,through which the said rods pass, the follower-stem, slotted guide J,and guide-beam E, all arranged as shown and described, to operate asspecified.

JOHN GRAMELSPAGHER.

Witnesses TALIAEEEEO WERTZ, AUGUST LITIGEY.

